Write-In votes have now been tabulated from Tuesday’s city and school board elections across Kossuth County *In Algona, Brad Hoover received 213 write-in votes for the City Council At-Large seat, ...

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The final numbers are tallied and state climatologist Justin Glisan says the just-ended month of October ended up being much warmer and drier than usual. As for precipitation, Glisan says rain showers ...

Leaders in the Emmetsburg School District are planning their next moves after a bond issue that would be used to fund a new elementary building failed for the second time on Tuesday. Superintendent ...

Voters in a few more counties have approved property tax levies to support ambulance services. The EMS referendum in Clay County passed with 61% support, Buchanan County residents approved one with 65 ...

Several of the bond issues on Iowa ballots this November came close but didn't quite reach the 60 percent threshold for approval -- while the largest school bond issue in state history easily passed.

In Winnebago County, there was a contested race for city council in Buffalo Center, with Nicholas Holland, Gregory Aukes, and Troy Armstrong seeking the 2 seats up for election. Holland grabbed the ...

There were contested races in five communities around Kossuth County Tuesday, and some have been decided by the slimmest of margins. --In Algona, the only contested city council race saw Carl Westling ...

Two public measures that would have paved the way for a new elementary school to be constructed in Emmetsburg have been defeated for the 2nd straight year. School officials pared back plans for the ...

Funeral Service for 90 year old Geraldine "Jeri" Isaacson, of Swea City, will be held Tuesday, at 11am, at Swea City Community Church. Family will greet friends the same day from 10am until time of ...

Funeral Service for 85 year old Maxine Boekelman, of Britt, will be held Wednesday, at 10:30am, at First Lutheran Church in Britt. Visitation is Tuesday, from 4-7pm, at Cataldo Funeral Home in Britt.

The Iowa Department of Transportation is in need of several hundred snowplow drivers for the upcoming winter season, which could be upon sooner rather than later. Craig Bargfrede is the DOT’s Winter ...